AI Jargon Dictionary
Twelve terms that get stretched the most. One page each: the real meaning, the office meaning, and a question that gets you a straight answer.
AgenticWe bought something that can click a few buttons by itself.Human-in-the-loopSomeone still has to check it.AI-nativeWe added a chat box.CopilotIt's still your fault when it goes wrong.AI transformationThere will be a lot of meetings for the next six months.RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)We fed it the internal wiki.Fine-tuningWe don't have that much data, but the word sounds serious.Prompt engineeringSay what you actually want.Augment, not replaceNot this round.AI governanceDon't use it yet, we're still writing the document.HallucinationIt made that up.AI-poweredOne feature calls an API.
AI Jargon Decoder →The literal definitions aim to be accurate. The only column joking on this page is the meeting-room one.